“They knew they were going to die,” argued the family of Paul-Henri Nargeolet, a French explorer who lost his life as a result of the infamous Titan submersible implosion, as they recently filed a lawsuit against OceanGate for more than $50 million. The family alleged the crew experienced “terror” before the disaster and accused the sub’s operator of gross negligence.
Nargeolet was a crew member of the Titan alongside four others: OceanGate CEO Stockton Rush, British billionaire Hamish Harding, Pakistani businessman Shahzada Dawood, and his 19-year-old son, Sulaiman Dawood.
The new lawsuit appeals to “common sense” to deduce what might have happened in the few critical minutes before the implosion occurred.
